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January 4, 2022

Pentax K

Pentax K Pentax K current price Tower 29 current price Pentax k user manual The first of the Pentax classic-looking SLR was the 1957 ‘AP’, sold in the US as ‘Tower 26’. It was quickly renamed Pentax S, different only by some cosmetic changes and speed settings – 125 vs. 100 and 250 vs. 200. At the heels of the...

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January 1, 2022

Pentax S3 / H3

Pentax S3 / H3 In the late 1950s and early 60s, Pentax introduced a camera plethora, hardly distinguished from each other. One model stands out, the S3. Introduced in 1959 and came to market a year later, the S3 is not a single model but a handful of variants. The overall appearance is similar, but there are slight modifications. The...

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December 30, 2021

Pentax S1a / H1a

Pentax S1a / H1a Pentax S1a  user manual Pentax S1a current value In the early post-war years, the Japanese camera industry navigated its way into the mainstream. The market was going towards a single-lens reflex in a rangefinder size body. The Germans led the way, with the Japanese in tow: Canon after Leica, Nikon after Contax, and Pentax chose Praktina....

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December 26, 2021

Pentax ES II

Pentax ES II Pentax ES II current value Pentax ES II user manual In the early 1970s the (Japanese) camera industry came to a level field, where save for the name most cameras offered similar specs. Some manufacturers such as Petri, Miranda, Topcon, and so just gave up, will not know if it was quality or marketing. Others were looking...

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December 19, 2021

Polaroid 900 Electric Eye

Polaroid 900 Electric Eye Polaroid 900 Electro Eye user manual Polaroid 900 Electro Eye current value I collect cameras, with one exception – Polaroids. They do indeed take pictures but have no soul. Everywhere you look, they are there. On camera store shelves, on eBay listings, in market stalls. I long gave up making sense of them as they all...

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November 28, 2021

Olympus XA family

Olympus XA family model list About four years ago, I drove to Peterborough to pick up two Olympus Pen F. The seller suggested he has a few other cameras, which I always love seeing. It ended with an apple crate full of odds and ends, with which I happily drove home. A week later, the seller called, suggesting even more...

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November 4, 2021

Ensign Auto-Range 220

Ensign Auto-Range 220 Ensign Auto-Range 220 current value It is not only the German camera manufacturers who went through mergers and amalgamations. The Brits had their own fair share. The company known as Ensign had its roots back in the 1830s, with Houghton, Butcher, Barnet, and Ross being the prominent names shared through the years. The street where they have...

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October 28, 2021

Kodak Six-16

Kodak Six-16 Kodak Six-16 current value Kodak Six-16 User manual List number 29219 Brand Kodak Format 616 Model Six-16 Introduced 1933 AKA Six-16 Hawk Eye Qty made Country USA Type Klapp Body material Metal Mode Manual Weight 730 gr,  Body with lens Class average weight gr,  Body with lens ASA range N/A Kit lens Lens make Kodak Filter size N/A...

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October 21, 2021

Kodak Retina I (117)

Kodak Retina I (117) Retina I 117 current value The first of the Retina line, a lovable and popular Kodak product. American as it comes but designed and made in Germany. A brainchild of Dr (jur) August Nagel, a trailblazer to whom we owe the 35mm film cartridge. Other klapp cameras of the time were larger than the petite Retina...

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October 18, 2021

Kodak Retina I (119)

Kodak Retina I (119) Retina I 119 current value Retina I 119 user manual, French The third Retina, made in 1936. See more on the Retina family. Similar to the 117 and 118, with wind and rewind buttons made smaller, the frame counter moved from the rewind to the wind side, on the top. The manual frame advance lever is...

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